FILM + FEAST: PART FOUR
MARCH 30TH, 2020
SHORT FILM
Off Track Betty
Off Track Betty is a twenty-minute short shot on 16mm film on New York City's Lower East Side: a story about love, memory, and what it means to move forward.
In an ever-changing corner of New York City, a longtime resident realizes she no longer recognizes the neighborhood she calls home. Facing an uncertain future, she is confronted by a young man with a direct link to her past. She is forced to ask: when is it right to hold on to what’s past, and when is it time to let go?
FILMMAKER
Clayton Dean Smith
Clayton is a New York-based filmmaker and actor in theater, film and television. His directorial debut, Off Track Betty, was on the festival circuit for two years (Best Short Audience Award, Brooklyn Film Festival; Best in Category, Tallgrass Film Festival; Kodak Award for Best Work Shot on Film, Queens World Film Festival).
His second short, Too Late, is currently on the festival circuit and has been nominated for several awards. As an actor, his performances garner critical acclaim (The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out NY), and he has worked with directors including Neil Jordan, Louis C.K., Steve Buscemi, Anne Bogart, and Don Scardino. He is currently in post-production on his third project, an autobiographical coming of age story called Kansas, 1989. He also serves on the Executive Committee of Midtown Manhattan's Community Board Five, weighing on municipal policy issues in the public interest. He and his husband live in East Harlem with their old lady schnauzer, Sasha. IG: @eyesofclaytondean / www.claytondeansmith.com
CHEFS
Diane Li & Davyana San Miguel
While hosting dinner parties in their cramped Brooklyn apartment, Diane Li and Davyana San Miguel conceptualized ‘Dandan', a brand dedicated to their mutual love of connecting people over a home-cooked meal.
Diane Li is a first-generation Chinese American born and raised on Maui, Hawai’i.
Davyana San Miguel, is what they call a “mix plate”, her Japanese, Chinese, Filipino and Spanish heritage represent the different immigrants of Hawai’i.
During Film + Feast: Part Four, Diane and Davyana will be making King Trumpet Mushroom Bao topped with cilantro, peanuts. chili oil and hoisin sauce as first course. Vegetarian Japchae sweet potatoes glass noodles made with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, onions, and egg. Tossed in a citrusy sesame soy sauce and topped with roasted sesame seeds as second course.
IG: @dandantamago @guccidavy @diane__li
